[HN Gopher] Why RISC-V doesn't yet support KVM
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       Why RISC-V doesn't yet support KVM
        
       Author : lukastyrychtr
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2021-05-20 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | Ericson2314 wrote:
       | The staging "workaround" actually strikes me as the exact correct
       | approach. Linux merging some unstable feature to better prove the
       | design of an unstable ISA extension seems like virtuous feedback
       | loop of testing of designs before they are ratified.
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       | That staging is for sketchy drivers but this is architecture-
       | specific code strikes me as especially silly. Never mind CPU vs
       | peripheral: both are hardware with interfaces outside Linux's
       | control. The important distinction is internal vs external
       | interfaces, and staging makes sense for me for dealing with all
       | sketchy external interfaces alike.
        
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